HELP PAGE

Getting Help and Just in Time Learning

You may find that you often need a skill that you lack in order to complete an assignment. The skill may be a minor one (knowing where to find appropriate dictionaries) or a major one (learning how to make a web site).  Whenever the instructors can anticipate that you may need some just-in-time-learning for an assignment, you will find the little Help Critter with either a quick tip or a link to another site that offers a tutorial.

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VTC (Virtual Training Company)
The University of Arizona makes available online tutorials for a wide range of technology skills, from word processing to web design to spreadsheets. Go to the Virtual Training Company and choose from a list of dozens of tutorials. (Be ready to enter your UA login and password.)

RIO (Research Instruction Online)
The UA Library makes available a number of tutorials to help you use the Internet (both email and the Web). Choose from their menu of lessons.

• MerriamWebster's Collegiate Dictionary (all purpose)
• American Heritage Dictionary (all purpose)
• Oxford English Dictionary (the history of words and their meaning)
• Spanish/English Dictionary
  

• Britannica Online
• Columbia Encyclopedia
• Women's Studies Encyclopedia
• Catholic Encyclopedia
• Jewish Encyclopedia
• Biographies (various resources)
• Geographies and Countries (various resources)
  

• How to make an argument (make your case)
• How to cite sources
• How to do library research
  

• Ethnic Studies
• Information on Arizona
• Women and Women's Studies
• Government Documents
• Spanish and Portuguese
• Religion
• History
• Latin American Studies
• Mexican American Studies
• American Indian Studies